#late but today marks 10 years since the stomper Feel So Close was released.

 

A somewhat rarity now, but the track was another one to feature Calvin's own vocals and one hell of a euphoric drop. The track was also featured on The Inbetweeners Movie soundtrack the same summer it was released which aided its popularity.

 

 

 

 

Feel so close is 10 years old today!

I like remembering how it came about, cos at the time I was well confused about what to do with my life / career.

At the end of summer 2010 I had played my last gig (Creamfields) with my ‘band’ and had done enough ‘DJ set’ gigs to know that I wanted to change the way my music was presented. I needed to stop singing every song as I had all these ideas for female singers and my falsetto just wasn’t going to cut it 😵‍💫

So I began producing with a new purpose, excited I could give my songs to real singers and finally move closer to the role I had always dreamt of in music (weird dude in background who never speaks).

After about 3 months of studio, I visited my record label Columbia and played them Awooga, Bounce and another ok song with a feature that ended up not coming out. The response from the label was overwhelmingly lukewarm; I came out of the meeting wondering if I had made the right decision in changing my path. That’s putting it lightly actually I was gutted and my head was spinning, I thought I’d absolutely f***ed it. So immediately I headed back to my studio room feeling properly sad but also enough ‘f*** it I’ll show em I’ll sing on one then, and it’ll be class’ and made Feel So Close in a few hours. I had discovered when I was much younger that there is something so comforting about a piano, a bass guitar and a vocal and very little else, and this was exactly the sort of musical hug I needed.

It came out August 19th 2011 and reached number *2* in the UK, my second in a run of too many number 2s. As was familiar to me, most other countries didn’t pay any attention to it at all. Absolutely fine. Number 2 in UK was still enough to keep me in a record deal, which at the time was my top priority, my years in dead end jobs were still very fresh in my head.

Early the following year American radio stations started playing it and it ended up as my first solo top 10 record there. It got absolutely rinsed. What a time. It’s been responsible for some absolute scenes at my gigs over the years, and for that I am so thankful.

Also a lot of folk still think the fella on the cover with the horse sings the song 🤣

I found it really interesting reading about how much this single meant for him and his career.

 

I think this is probably the earliest memory I have of a Calvin song and I distinctly remember hearing this on the radio and really loving it and making me interested in him as an artist!

It felt quite plain at first but it definitely grew quickly and one of those that sounds the best from that era in the modern day! Very summery and quite effortless!

Best thing he has EVER done :wub:

I ADORE this track. I go back to it very often and this along with Bounce, made me fall in love with Calvin!